Found.

We've been lied to, no hoax.
Maybe for a good reason. But, either way, we've been lied to.

After discussing Illiad and its contents, Socrates and his pals begin questioning the truth behind Homers story.
They came to the conclusion that God is perfectly simple and true both in word and deed, he changes not; he deceives not' either by sign or word, by dream or waking vision.

Homer said something contradictory. Here is a paragraph that Socrates believes contains a false message:

Thetis says that Apollo at her nuptials..
...was celebrating in song her fair progeny whose days were to be long, and to know no sickness. And when he had spoken of my lot as in all things blessed of heaven he raised a note of triumph and cheered my soul. And I thought that the word of Phoebus, being divine and full of prophecy, would not fail. And now he himself who uttered the stain, he who was present at the banquet, and who said this-he it is who has slain my son.

Also, they disagree that Zeus would send a lying dream to Agememnon.


They later agreed that verses that contradict what was established as an inconvenient truth should be abolished. This is especially true in the case of hiding the truth of death from man to improve his worth on the battle field.

Although the aim of Socrates was to make sure the next generation of Greeks come out a little closer to perfection, he intended to make everyone believe that the old truth is a lie. (isn't that what I'm trying to do?)

Here are some verses intended by Socrates to be ignored by future Greeks to remove their fear of death:

I would rather be serf on the land of a poor and portionless man than to rule over all the dead who have come to naught.
-Odyssey

Lest the mansions grim and squalid which the Gods abhor should be seen both of mortals and immortals
-Illiad

O heavens! verily in the house of Hades there is soul and ghostly form but no mind at all!
-Illiad

These verses used to make people believe the after life was bad, thus, people lived in dread.

After the verses were removed, hypothesized Socrates, people would no longer fear death, instead embrace it.

I am a great admirer of Socrates. This piece of text just showed me a little bit more of the social structure man has kept going all these long years.

Now, was Socrates in the wrong for what he intended to do?

If he sat back and do nothing with the knowledge that he had the power to make a generation of Greeks have no fear of death, that would make him a useless git.

If he removed these texts, he'd change Homers original message(s) of the after life and blind an entire generation of Greeks.

Dilemma of dilemmas.